The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-16
can sanction the city's appropriation
Of money TO build the institution.

can sanction the city appropriations
Of money to build the institution.
Maud Pierce, the keeper of q
baQnio at Kalamazoo, claims that she
has fallen heir to $50, 900 by the death
OF her grandfather In India She will
erect handsome residence, give liber-
ally to charitable societies. but moth
ing TO the churches, as she Is an
atheist.
A warrant ordering the surrender
of DIR. Weir to the Michigan author
tiles on the charge OF numbering
Mabel Clarke, at Osceola, has been
issued by the Department OF Justice
OF Ontario, Canada, and the prisoner
will be handed over as soon as de-
manded.
One man near Bay City caught
over | 500 tons OF fish at his fisheries
on the Detroit river in the vicinity OF
that city last year, and gave employ
ment 10 two hundred men from early
spring until cold weather set in. The
coming season he expects to catch
two thousand tons.
Jacob Seligman. Of East Saginaw,
has purchased 20,320 acres Of timber
and mineral lands in the counties OF
Baraga, Menominee, Delta, Alger,
Marquette, and Schoolcraft. IL is
claimed to have on it some Of the fin
est timber in Michigan, and embraces
large amount OF mineral lands in
the Gogebic range.
AT the recent county examination
of teachers for certificates at Lapeer
there were 1913 applicants from all
over the county, for first grade
certificates, 6 for second grade, and the
remainder for third grade. The board
estimated that about iiye-eighths of
the number would pass the required
average and be granted certificates.
The tunnel being driven under the
river at Port Huron Is dug eight feet
in diameter and is then lined with
blocks two feet long and one foot
thick, cut beveling, so as TO iill the
circle, making wall one foot thick.
When this becomes soaked with water
il will be very tight. The clay is soft,
like putty, dark blue, and very sticky.
Fire in the Bronson block in Jack
son, lately did damage by fire and
water To the extent of $4,000, bat the
block was saved. W. N. Woodlands
loss Is $1,000, insured for $4,000; j. III.
Rolf, grocer, lost $1,000, insured for
$1,000. Law Offices on the second
floor suffer loss OF about $1,000.
The building was insured for $4,000.
The fire originated in II. j. Carriers
job printing Office.
The agitation Of graveyard insur-
ance in Michigan ia accomplishing
excellent results. G.. ID. Warner Pres
ident OF the Loyal Life Association OF
Reading, resigned and made public
sta ement dsclaiming until now any
knowledge OF the workings Of his com
pany, of which he claims he was only
a figure head. II do not WISH" he
says, ito identify myself or have my
name connected with a company whose
agents deal in human life. have no
sympathy with or liberation for
company that allows its agents to deal
In policies on panpers and hawk them
for sale on the public streets. un-
derstand these subjects are composed
lag ily of paupers or aged or infirm
people, whose declining years should
be watched by friends with tenderest
care instead of by the graveyard in
surance ghoul, who, in ilendish ecstacy
reaches out with one hand to close the
eyes Of the dying person while in the
other lac holds policy on the life he
is hoping may soon end" This is
signed by Mr.. Warner as "a repentent
President of one OF Michigan's noto-
rious insurance companies to be inyes-
tiQated".